Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009 to Jacob Stone
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.023 Author/Creator: Stone, Robert L., 1921-2009 Place Written: Ellington Field, Texas Type: Typed letter signed Date: 3 May 1943 Pagination: 1 p. : envelope ; 27.8 x 19.6 cm. Order a Copy PDF Download(s): Transcript of document
Addressed to "Dad." Thanks his father for the pictures he just received. Writes that he just got out of the hospital for treatments for his sun burn. Curses the Texas sun for burning him.
The date is written as "Monday Night" but "Letters in a Box" notes the letter was written on May 3, 1943. Letter is on U.S. Army Air Forces letterhead.
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